What size venue's should Pearl Jam play from now on?

danny

Fitz wrote:

Just picked up something from another thread about not filling some 20-30000 seated arena's and just wondered what size venue's the boys should be playing from now on. Obviously I would say they are still very popular in the US and definately across Europe, Immagine is proof of that but what venue's do you feel would suit them from now on?

10,000 - 20,000 capacity or smaller?

20,000 - 30,000 capacity or bigger or in between 20 and 30k?

smaller the better!

CantfindaVedderman

"in the south there is no way they could fill a 20,000 to 30,000 seat arena, here in Charlotte they'd be lucky to sell 12,000 seats, but the farther south you go the smaller the venues, especially in TX, AL, and LA places like that, but up north they have no problem filling the largest arenas."


They actually soldout Verizon Wireless in Charlotte the last two times they were there. Verizon holds just over 19,000 people.

IMO as long as the sound system is good I dont care how big the crowd is.

xkevvx

For me, my main city of seeing them is Philly. I would LOVE to see them at a small place like the Troc or even the Electric Factory, but it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get ticket. I mean, fuck....I had to buy a scalped ticket for the 2005 show at the Wachovia Center.

Ledbetterus

xkevvx wrote:

For me, my main city of seeing them is Philly. I would LOVE to see them at a small place like the Troc or even the Electric Factory, but it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get ticket. I mean, fuck....I had to buy a scalped ticket for the 2005 show at the Wachovia Center.

Yea I saw them in Camden probably 4 or 5 times now. It's not technically Philly but they seem to love the crowds there. The Electric Factory is awesome, I would give my left ball to see them play there.

xkevvx

Ledbetterus wrote:

The Electric Factory is awesome, I would give my left ball to see them play there.

Me too, but you know, being in Philly, and the Northeast in general, it would be sooo hard to get a ticket. I tried SO hard to get Borgata tickets....no dice. I'd imagine this being harder. I'd prefer they stick to big arenas around here, because I'd be sad if they played a place like the Electric Factory and I couldn't go.....

rhinomagic

I've said this for several years now:

Pearl Jam should play large arenas (~20000) in the large metro areas, but when it comes to smaller metro areas or sparsely populated places they need to play college basketball arenas/multipurpose facilities.

Think about how well the Penn State show turned out in 2003. I'd love to see them barnstorm through the south on college campuses.

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Julien

the smallest the venue, the best it is... if you can have a ticket.

But it's alos incedible to see them in large venues. They played Werchter in 2007 and in front of 50.000 or 60.000 people, this is another experience. I was kind of "proud" to see them there and to see that so many people love them.

||Release_Me||

If they can go somewhere and sell out a 20,000 seat arena then they should definitely keep doing it. I imagine they'll never have a problem selling out Madison Square Garden so they should always play there if they're touring.

Small venues can be very cool too; the Astoria felt so imtimate yet a little bit insane at the same time. The intimacy made everyone there feel super special, and its hard to forget that kind of feeling.

On the other hand, i was in Nijmegen when there was over 30,000 people and that felt wonderful. To know that so many people turned up to see one band makes me feel so good. And it still felt like the band was communicating with every single person there.

patrickredeyes

Oh how about a place that can hold say 25,000 to 30,000 fans. Like ALPINE VALLEY.



Yea the Gorge is amazing but Alpine is where I'd rather be for a outdoor show.

FARAWAY EYES

CitizenRick wrote:

I'm not sure this is all completly factual.

100% CONFIRMED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHbnF0z4EE

josevolution

glad this poster above is on my ignore list

a5pj

Just seeing them in general is awesome for me.

Seen them at the Vic and Irving plaza, both amazing (crowd sucked at the vic though). And I was at lolla which was my fave concert so far.

I was also at Pburgh, and the show was awesome, one of my fav's as well. So I dont know what that other guy was talking about.

FARAWAY EYES

josevolution wrote:

glad this poster above is on my ignore list

You have been humiliated, and you know what I am talking about. You are not a real PJ fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHbnF0z4EE

FARAWAY EYES

josevolution wrote:

glad this poster above is on my ignore list

You have been humiliated, and you know what I am talking about. You are not a real PJ fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHbnF0z4EE

FARAWAY EYES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHbnF0z4EE

Flagg

I see Starfucker got back on here somehow.

To answer the question, I think it depends on the location. Big arenas up north, smaller college arenas or theaters in the south.

Get_Right

wherever they feckin want!

Id still like to see a "residency" tour a la phill lesh

Two weeks of shows at the beacon in NYC, the Wiltern in LA, the Vic in Chi town, the Orpheum in Boston, the 9:30 club in DC

something like that

glb

The Fox In Atlanta Would Be Just Fantastic!

donnie

Halifax show (part of the "canadian wreck of a tour") sold out in 14 minutes

FARAWAY EYES wrote:

The correct answer is 5,000 or less capacity venues except for New York and maybe Chicago.
The last tour was a sales disaster in North America. Starting off with the Canadian train wreck of a tour. Toronto 2 is a classic example of what this tour was about. Standard setlist,ugly black tarps to block off UNSOLD sections, and a complete lack of interest by so called fans of admittedly sub par, but NEW material. Many shows suffered this humiliation including Pittsburgh Mellon arena and the 2 Gorge shows to name a few. Thousands and thousands of empty seats. The tarrps are brought out and the band gets pissed and delivers a standard subpar setlist.
Rumor has it, when PJ opened for the Stones in Pittsburgh in '05 the show fell 3,000 people short of a sellout, causing the Stones promoter to go through the roof. He felt that PJ's political pandering turned people away. As a result the Stones were humiliated, and their tour only grossed 500million dollars. (NEW WORLD RECORD)! It could have been more though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usuPwYGlwvY

DriftingByTheStorm

donnie wrote:

Halifax show (part of the "canadian wreck of a tour") sold out in 14 minutes

I was at that show! Under mikes nose! Awesome shit!
BTW i thoiught 05 was one of PJs best tours to date! What gives?

WOULD KILL TO SEE THEM IN A VENUE LIKE THIS! ! !